Name: One-Pot Beef Stroganoff with Egg Noodles Recipe
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 8 ounces cremini mushrooms , stems trimmed and sliced 1/4 inch thick; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick); 1 medium yellow onion , small dice; 2 medium garlic cloves , finely chopped; 1 pound ground beef; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1/4 cup dry white wine; 4 cups (1 quart) low-sodium beef broth or stock; 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt , plus more as needed; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper , plus more as needed; 8 ounces dried egg noodles; 3/4 cup sour cream; 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Mushroom + beeftop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,232 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Mushroom + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,700 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,571 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, mushroom, butter, onion, garlic, beef, flour):

Thymefits better
Capersfits better
Parsleyfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, mushroom, butter, onion, garlic, beef, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One-Pot Beef Stroganoff with Egg Noodles Recipe